"Boardwalk Empire" State of Drink

Glenn Fleshler, center, as notorious bootlegger George Remus with Greg Antonacci, left, as Chicago mob boss Johnny Torrio and Stephen Graham as Al Capone.
Photo/Macall B. Polay/HBO

Jack Bettridge
Posted: September 23, 2011

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This is not Canadian Club's first star turn in a television period drama. "Mad Men," the 1960s era picture of the ad industry, which has been lavished with Emmy awards for years, features the whisky as the go-to brand of the main character, Don Draper.

If you'd like a more in-depth and researched view of the dry era, watch Ken Burns's excellent "Prohibition," a three-part documentary that debuts on PBS on October 2. Of course, such a program is best viewed while having a stiff cocktail.

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Float Dub — September 27, 2011 6:41pm ET

I feel we're very very close to a second Prohibition here in the US. Tobacco will be outlawed within 10 years if we don't push back as cigar smokers.

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